from the 12” single, Danse Records, 1983This pummeling italo track is a perfect example of how the internet has changed the underground, remaining a secret weapon for many DJs over the years but gradually having become more and more obscure over time, leaving a $200+ price tag on clean copies of the original 12”---enter, the Infernet (as Ween calls it). Now this track has been remixed and cut up by throngs of beats-heads, including a heavenly deconstruction care of Alan Palomo (aka Neon Indian) for the title track to his recent LP, in which he slowed and processed this song into a glorious, gauzy mess. In my humble opinion, this is the way things should be; it’s not as if Roberto Ferrante, the guy behind Pineapples and other rare italo one-offs, sees any of the money exchanged on the used LP market anyways. No musician sets out to have their music available only to a select few that are wealthy enough to drop a couple hundred bucks on a freakin’ single! And thus, we can all revel in the cheap-sounding lushness which is vintage italo, though put together more masterfully than your average burner, I must say; it’s really true, “Italians do it better”.
